The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-11
A sTEGE STORY.
The Military Mnd the Millionaire
Mackaid Boulanger.

| Mackaid Boulanger.
You new palfellows,n SAID a we'll
known wheat Or TO a San Francisco
/ Chronicle man, making a great fuss
about the bustedsa lat deal and the losses
/ that will accrue 1 irving to corner the
worlds wheat, ii believe you've over
looked one Queehng about the whole
+ NATTER
What's that's
Give me timei I'll get there, " said the
broker, biting off end of cigar. Now,
, here he continue licking the points off
on mis- fingers, 'aihe reasons the newspa
perS are giviIe the smash-up-covet-
business, mlSCalQIOns excessive crop, in
creased c:iitiatransportation, amateur
financiering, aIlhe refusal of help by
other banks y these are all factors in
the tumble, of Use, hut there's another
that does not seto have been properly
appreciated. Gleason for this is, sup
pose, that you ab in the habit OF looking
upon commentators as something so
matter OF fact thyou can't conceive of
their having anyhg romantic about them.
You can believe however, when ] tell
you that the rome OF trade is as fruitful
a subject as that changed children or a
forged will"
Nv here is the nance i'll this case~
I'm getting re- said the broker,
gently scatterinae ashes of his cigar.
In 1884, you wilemember, n number of
military officers v sent out to this coun-
try by the Frenciepublic to take part in
the centenary ole battle of Yorktown.
Among their nber was Brig. Gen.
Erneste Boulange After the celebration
IN the East was oShe came out here. He
was pleasant, cfful kind of chap and
made many friendf both sexes. Among
the former was phael WE'LL, who acted
as his lidus AchaI and saw to his every
comfort. So iutiIe, indeed, did they be-
come that twas rrently reported that
should BoulangerTer come to the top of
the heap the geniRaphael might almost
expect to be made archangel. Not bad,
that, eh!n
But Boulanger d no aspirations then;
had he any asliions, | mean, besides
those of getting on the service"
Excuse me-" ' the brokers' reply.
Notwithstanding hangers free and easy
exterior, it is, | thcht, a matter of history
that as early as lsais plans were ripe and
only awaited publiy. Thus it was that
after his accessiouD that portfolio in the
French Cabinet WIN for fifteen years has
been deemed of eqt Importance with that
OF foreign affairs hplans for the reorgani-
cation of the Fren army were immedi
ately made known. VERY detail was nicely
adjusted and all thgs prepared for still
holder stroke"
But what has alhis got to do with the
wheat deal!" it w; asked with some i'm
patience
1T has this mucp replied the broker,
the cigar st off his vest, that
Boulanger even the-in 1881, mean--was
an aspirant for pow, and that he had an
eye on the future. pnsequently he looked
to the value of his hnds, and a second of
these was another 81 Francisco gentleman,
none other than Joh w. Mackay. Now,
perhaps. you will seehich way the cat is
going to jump. | cat state positively that
Boulanger made Mkay's acquaintance
right here, but l know that later on,
when Mackay went Paris, the General
and he were on vergood terms. Things
had gone very well it'll Boulanger. On
his return to Franc from America he
was intrusted with th office of Director
Of Infantry under Il Minister of War,
and in that position hadone much toward
the reorganization of Il army. Then in
1884 he took comman, of a division in
Africa and transformed the expedition of
force into one of oclpation at Tunis.
Lastly, upon the formabn of the De Frey
clnet cabinet his great popularity became
evident, Now, as to what passed between
the millionaire and The military man l can
not, of course, say with exact detail. But
have heard it more thal whispered that
the millionaire was let ITO the confidence
Of the military man, AM that the plans and
aspirations Of the soldF were known, if
not shared in, by the successful miner.
Now, then, let's put the ose alphabetically,
as the lawyers say. Hen was a French
men, as ambitious as theymake them, and
with the chief point of ambition on the set
element of the Did feud htween Germany
and France. Being a Freedman, too, he
was in all probability, to Tut it mildly, a
5peculator. HIRE, too, vas another man
with millions st his command A war, we
Will say, might be precipiated-war whose
end or extent no man Ouid foresee. II
would, howevT, be greet European war,
and some one would have Il feed the armies.
Not only woull the armieshave to be fed,
but they would have to befed at any price.
Now, then, suppose the arrangements be-
5ween the twowent so far as to include a
liked scheme by the one man to bring about
his war. All that the other would have to
10 would be tocorner all the wheat, and he
would be master of the situation, and every
,rain would be golden. To come back now
o the facts, the Goblet ministry came
n and Boulalger was Minister of War.
Mr.. Macllav, Of the Bank OF Nevada, or
(resback and Rosenfeld, or the wheat
'llque, or whatever you may like to style it,
lid begin buying up all the wheat he could
ay hands on. until it looked as though he
we're actually attempting to corner the food
tutf OF the world. Everything looked
cvcly. In France it had gone so far that
bout May asst mobilization of the troops
vas on the tapis, and Germany was on pins
nd needles as to how threatening that
lassing of the soldiers along her frontier
night be. In San Francisco the wheat was
eing bought up right and left, the price
vas forced up to figure that made con-
atvative men shake their heads, but still
be purchases went on. Then came the col
tpse. The French people themselves grew
frightened. Boulanger was declared to be
dangerous man. the Rouvier cabinet was
)rmed. and BolIlanger was left out i'll the
old. The imlninence of war was averted,
nd wheat, in perfect sympathy, mark you,
cyan to go down. The first crash really
ame then, and though it was STAYED Off a
IVY weeks, YOU have seen that the inevita-
lie did take place"
Very ingenious and interesting" said
ne Chronicle man. Have your permits
on to print the remarkable storym
why, certainly print it If you wish to"
nd the good tempered but modest broker
BY the way.n he concluded, CHANGING at
IS watch, you might add this; The spirit
war has by no means been laid--yom
Nh daily dispatches prove that. That for
ie first point and the second is, that there
a great big bulk of the cliques wheat that
sill ahoat and unsold. Put these two
gether, reckon in the proper percentage of
'Ssibilities, and you will see that wheat